Mason Mount has officially become a Manchester United player when he agreed to sign a 5-year contract in the transfer market this summer. This Chelsea Academy graduate played for the Red Devils from 5 July 2023 to 30 June 2028 with a transfer value of around 70 Million Euros.
In fact, Mason Mount’s move to Manchester United shows Chelsea’s failure to retain their players who have graduated from the Chelsea Academy. Previously, we also knew that players from the Chelsea Academy had left Stamford Bridge, such as Callum Hudson Odoi and Tammy Abraham.
The Chelsea academy has been a supplier of quality players for the Blues squad in competing in Europe. Apart from Mason Mount, there are also several players who are currently shining with Chelsea, namely Trevor Chalobah, Ruben Loftus Cheek, Fikayo Tomori and Reece James, they have gained the trust to penetrate the Chelsea first team.
It’s a shame that Chelsea weren’t able to keep Mason Mount at Stamford Bridge. Even though his figure might be the figure of a captain in the Blues squad. Looking at Mason Mount’s player profile as reported by Transfermarkt.com (4/7/23), this 24-year-old player has the main position as an attacking midfielder.
Apart from that Mason Mount can also be a left winger or a hole striker behind the lone striker in the 4-2-3-1 formation which is his favorite coach Erik ten Hag. For Mason Mount, it is certainly a challenge in itself to have to compete with the players who are now in the Red Devils squad. Cristian Eriksen, Casemiro became his rival in midfield as an attacking midfielder. Bruno Fernandes is a tough competitor in the hole striker position.
Meanwhile, in the winger position, there are a number of quality players who are serious competitors to Mason Mount, such as Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Anthony Martial. Now it is a fact that finally Manchester United managed to bring Mason Mount to Old Trafford. Next season will be a tough challenge for Mason Mount in the competition, especially the Premier League.
He has also got a back number which will be used in European competitions, namely number seven, the sacred number at Manchester United. In the history of Manchester United, the jersey number 7 is a sacred number, a number that has become the icon of a star at Old Trafford. We already know the record of successful star players wearing the number seven jersey in the Premier League era.
They are Eric Cantona, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo are players who have managed to wear this sacred number. However, the sacred number Seven does not always bring success to the player who wears it.
They usually feel a big burden with this sacred number so they fail to shine. The heavy burden on their shoulders, especially in front of the fans, made their achievements plummet. Let’s look at the records, who are the Red Devils players who failed to excel when using the jersey number Seven.
They are Michael Owen, Angel Di Maria, Alexis Sanchez, Memphis Depay and Edinson Cavani. In general, it can be said that these players failed to excel in lifting Manchester United. Mason Mount arrived at Old Trafford to get the number seven jersey which was phenomenal for the club.
Quoting from Manchestereveningnews.co.uk (5/7/23), Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag offered the number seven to Mason Mount during their discussions before their transfer was agreed upon. Eventually they agreed so that Mount has become the 10th United player to receive the number 7 shirt, since players were given the number one back in 1993.
Finally, this sacred number was again used by Cristiano Ronaldo, who was then undergoing the second phase of his career with Manchester United. Let’s just wait and see how Mason Mount’s career goes with the number 7, Manchester United’s sacred number so far. Is Mason Mount a success or will it sink? Let’s wait and see.
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